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Colonel Hodge is another one of Mr. Metcalfe’s opinionated neighbors. Unlike the rest, he has relatively little money, but he has history with and a good reputation in the local community through his involvement with the British Legion and the Boy Scouts. Colonel Hodge tends to be outspoken and critical; he often complains vaguely about socialist politics, for instance, and he makes fun of Mr. Metcalfe’s career in cotton while among his own family. Still, he often functions as a messenger and go-between for Mr. Hargood-Hood, Mr. Metcalfe, and Lady Peabury, and it is he who (with some urging from Mr. Hargood-Hood) suggests the compromise that resolves Mr. Metcalfe and Lady Peabury’s dispute. Within the group of neighbors, gruff and conservative Colonel Hodge serves as a contrast to the stuck-up, liberal Hornbeams.
Colonel Hodge Quotes in An Englishman’s Home
The An Englishman’s Home quotes below are all either spoken by Colonel Hodge or refer to Colonel Hodge. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Colonel Hodge lived at the Manor […] whose gardens, too, backed on to Westmacott’s meadow. He was impecunious but active in the affairs of the British Legion and the Boy Scouts; he accepted Mr. Metcalfe’s invitation to dinner, but spoke of him, in his family circle, as “the cotton wallah.”
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Colonel Hodge Character Timeline in An Englishman’s Home
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Part 1
There are three other prominent households in Metcalfe’s area. They belong to Lady Peabury, Colonel Hodge, and Mr. and Mrs. Hornbeam, respectively. Lady Peabury is a widow who enjoys creature comforts...
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Colonel Hodge is waiting at the Hall when Metcalfe returns, having already heard the news. Like Peabury,...
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...amount of land they own, which would leave Peabury paying the lion’s share, Metcalfe and Hodge each paying much less, and the Hornbeams paying half of that. Even with expectations so...
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Hodge feels disappointed in the day’s events, realizing that Metcalfe is now going to dig in...
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...on his land falls through and Peabury has little chance of finding another permanent home. Hodge and the Hornbeams are dejected with the state of affairs, and their mood seems to...
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After Hargood-Hood and Hodge’s talk, Hodge proposes a solution to Metcalfe: all of the neighbors can pitch in a...
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